Garment.



G. W. HYMER.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1911 Patented Dec. 15; 1914.

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CURTIS W. HYMER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIG-NOR- TO LARNED, CARTER & COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

GARMENT.

Application filed July 15, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CURTIs W. HYMER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Garment, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to garments and particularly to overalls, and it is the ob ect of the invention to obtain an improved construction of reinforcement for the placket opening as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings,-Figure l is a front ele vation of the portion of the garment to which my improvement is applied; Fig. 2 is an elevation viewed from the inside; Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 0cw Fig.

A is the front flap and B the rear flap on opposite sides of the placket opening C of a garment such as a pair of overalls, D are buttons and E are the button holes securlng these flaps together.

It is the particular object of the present invention to obtain a construction of reinforcement in which the reinforcing member is completely concealed when the garment is in use. This permits of employing for the reinforcement member, scraps of material of inferior quality or even of different color without detracting from the appearance or saleability of the garment.

As shown, F is a separate piece of material which is stitched to the rear flap member B to reinforce the edge of the flap. This reinforcement member is arranged mainly on the under side of the garment as shown in Fig. 2, but is folded over to form the edge of the placket extending on the outside over that portion only which is overlapped by the front placket A when the placket is closed. The reinforcement 1s secured by a line of stitching G along the outer fold F the edge of which is turned under at H. This outer fold extends downward below the juncture of the placket and for sufiicient distance to prevent danger of tearing in case the user catches his foot in the placket opening in drawing on the garment. The opposite fold of the reinforcement which is arranged on the inside of the garment extends for a greater distance from the placket opening and is secured by a hne of stitching I. This also preferably extends Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Serial No. 638,697.

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2. In a garment, the combination with' front and rear flaps forming opposite sides of the placket, of a reinforcement for one of said flaps comprising a separate piece of material arranged mainly on the inside of the garment and extending below the point of juncture of the flaps, said reinforcement being folded to overlap a portion of the outside of said flap, said overlapping portion being itself overlapped by the front flap when the placket is closed, and placket closing means secured to the reinforcement.

3. In a garment, the combination with front and rear flaps forming the opposite sides of a placket, of a reinforcement for one of the flaps comprising a separate piece of material folded to provide a relatively narrow front fold or portion and a rear fold or portion of a width substantially greater than the width of the said front fold, the relatively narrow front fold or portion having its free edge overlapping a portion on the outside of said flap, the rear fold or portion extending along the under side of the said flap a substantial distance to one side of the edge thereof, the free marginal portions of the said folds being secured to the said flap by separate lines of stitching, said reinforcement being arranged mainly on the inside of the garment, the relatively narrow front fold or portion being overlapped and covered by the front flap when the placket is closed, and a pocket member secured to the outside of the said flap and overlapping a part of the rear fold of the reinforcement on the inside of the garment.

1. In a garment, the combination with front and rear flaps forming the opposite sides of a placket, of a reinforcement for one of said flaps, comprising a separate piece of material arranged mainly on the inside of the garment and extending considerably below the point of juncture of the flaps, said reinforcement having a portion folded to overlap a portion on the outside of said flap and secured thereto, the other flap overlapping said last-mentioned portion when the flaps are closed, and a second reinforcing member extending from adjacent the point of juncture of the placket flaps downward there below. i

5. In a garment, the combination with front and rear flaps forming the opposite sides of a placket, of a reinforcement for one of the flaps comprising a separate piece of material folded to provide a relatively narrow front fold or portion and a rear fold or portion of a Width substantially greater than the Width of the said front fold, the

relatively narrow front fold or portion havof the edge thereof, the free marginal portions of the said folds being secured to the said flap by separate lines of stitching, said reinforcement being arranged mainly on the inside of the garment, the relatively narrow front fold or portion being overlapped and covered by the front flap When the placket is closed.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CURTIS W. HYMER. Witnesses:

ADELAIDE I. ADAMs, JAMEs P. BARRY.

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